Shoe-lace tip



J. cHmsmwL SHOE LACE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1 921.

1,392,270. PatentedSept. 27, 1921.

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Specification a Letters We. Patented Sept. 27,1921.

Application filed June 2-3, 1321. Seria1No. l79,744.

To all we]: om it may 00?? earn Be it known that 1, JOHN CHRISTIAN, acitizen of the United States. residing at Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe-Lace Tips; and, I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to shoe lacings, and more particularly to a shoelace tip.

The objects of the invention are to provide a simple, inexpensive,efficient and du rable shoe lace tip made from a blank so formed that itmay be easily and quickly applied to the end of a shoelace or string,either round or square, and in such manner as to effectually secure andconceal the end of theshoe lace and form a round and pointed tip ofsmall size and finished ap pearance adapted to be easily insertedthrough the, usual eyeletswithout the trouble incident to usingcomparatively large and cumbersome tips as heretofore ordinarilyconstructed.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described,with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as apart of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at theend of the description.

In said drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a blank from which the tip is formed;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesame, illustrating the applicationthereto of one end of a shoe lace;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing one end of a shoe lacepassed through the eye of the blank and turned back upon itself inposition to be clamped by folding or bending the blank over upon itselfand rounding and shaping it to form the finished tip;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the finished tip with pointed end;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of blank, designed forattachment to the end of a round shoe lace;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of said modification, illustrating itsapplication, to a round shoe lace, the latter being shown in position tobe clamped between the folds of the blank; I

another same reference characters are used to denote Y correspondingparts indifferent views,'the letter A denotes a blank for a shoelacetip, which may be constructed of tin plate or sheet metal or othersuitable material. The blank is preferably.substantially rectangular inform, having an opening a near one end and a corner portion thereofcut'out,as at a thus forming a shoulder around which the shoe lace passland adapting the blank when pressed-into the desired form to have a.pointed end. Said opening a. is preferably formed so as to provide atooth c for engagement with; the shoe lace'when inserted in said:opening so as to prevent backward movement or withdrawal ofthe lace,during .the operation of securing" the blank. thereto. This tooth,however, may be dispensed. with as shown in Fig. 8 30f the drawings. Theblank formed as described is attached to one end of a shoe lace byinserting one end of the latter through the eye or opening a as shown inFig. 2, then turning the lace over the shoulder formed by the cut-outcorner portion of the blank and back upon itself, as shown inFig. 3,whereupon the main body portion of the blank is bent over upon itself orfoldedand pressed into the'forrn shown in Fig. 4:, having the pointedend adapting it to be readily inserted through an ordinary eyelet.

The modification shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings is speciallydesigned and adapted for attachment to a round shoe lace or strin Inthis instance, the blank A is substantially identical with the blankhereinbefore described, except that instead of a single opening aplurality of openings a? are provided, through which one end of the shoelace is inserted, as shown in Fig.

6, whereupon the main body portion of the blank is folded or bentoverupon itself and the shoe lace and pressed into the shape shown inFig. 7.

In the modification shown in Fig. 8 the blank A is identical with thatshown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the omission of the tooth at one end of theopening a through which the shoe lace passes. I

As will be seen, my improved tip 1s round and of small size and presentsa very neat appearance and its pointed end adapts it to be readilyinserted through an Ordinary eyelet, while the connection between thetip and shoe lace is such that the tip cannot be pulled off or removedwithout unbending the blank so as to release the end of thesubstantially rectangular form having an opening therein near one endthrough which the end of a shoe lace is inserted, said lace being turnedback over the edge ofthe blank so as to overlie and rest upon saidinserted end, and the body of the blank bent over and around one of itslongitudinal edges so as to clasp the inserted end and overlying bodyportion of the lace between the overturned or folded portions of theblank and form a round tip.

2.-A blank for a shoe lace tip of substantially rectangular form havingan opening therein near one end to receive the end of a shoelace andacorner portion thereof cut out at said end, so as to form an endportion of reduced width and provide in the finished tip a pointed end.V

30A blank for a shoe lace tip having an opening therein near one end toreceive the end of a shoe lace and a corner portion thereof cut out nearsaid end over which the shoe lace is passedand turned back upon itselfto be clamped between folded portions of the blank, said opening havinga tooth for engagement with the lace to prevent its withdrawal throughsaid opening.

4. A shoe lace tip comprising a sheet metal blank of substantiallyrectangular.

form having an openingtherein near one end through which one end of ashoe lace is inserted and having a corner portion thereof at said endcut out to form a shoulder over which the lace is passed and turned backupon itself; the main portion of the blank being folded or bent overupon itself and around one edge so as to clamp the end and overlyingportion of the lace between its folds and form a round tip having apointed end. r

A shoe lace tip comprising a blank having an opening therein near oneend and a shoe lace having one end inserted through said opening, saidlace being turned back over the edge of the blank so as to overlie saidinserted end of the lace, and said blank being bent over and around oneedge there- 7 of so as to clasp said inserted end and overlying portionof the lace between the overturned or folded portions of the blank andform a round tip. I

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN CHRISTIAN.

